generic printer drivers - what are they?

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In very early versions of Windows this generic driver was called
unidriver (universal driver)

printerease@nowhere.com wrote:

>HP informed me that the driver for the 990c is the generic driver for the 6100 series. They mentioned
>that it's the driver that get's installed for network printer. My question is: I've never heard of this
>concept of a generic driver. Is there a list of these along maybe some sort of explanation somewhere?
>For example, I hate the driver for my Office Jet T45, I would like to use a lighter weight driver
>without all the software and print manager.
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On 21-Apr-2005, measekite <measekite@yahoo.com> wrote:

> I've never heard of this
> >concept of a generic driver.

It's a generalised, suit as many devices as possible driver,
not optimised for a particular piece of hardware.

With modems you can select a specific USRobotics model,
or go for a generic external 56k modem. In the latter
case you could connect a Zoom, USR, or Microcom
and they would work because they use a common
set of AT control codes.

Linux is mostly generic drivers, since until recently,
and even now, mfrs don't supply Linux drivers. Buy
a digi camera and it won't say Linux on the box,
and many don't say Mac. Had to check this when
buying a camera for my daughter, she has a new
Mac laptop. Found a Pentax that said Mac supported.

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<printerease@nowhere.com> wrote in message news:42674b19$1_1@127.0.0.1...
> HP informed me that the driver for the 990c is the generic driver for the
> 6100 series. They mentioned
> that it's the driver that get's installed for network printer. My question
> is: I've never heard of this
> concept of a generic driver. Is there a list of these along maybe some sort
> of explanation somewhere?
> For example, I hate the driver for my Office Jet T45, I would like to use a
> lighter weight driver
> without all the software and print manager.

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/genericDocument?cc=u...
has a list of generic drivers for various Officejet products including the T45.
Basically the generic driver is just a printer driver that has basic
functionality, often the PCL drivers for the printer model the all-in-one
device was based on.

Regards,
Bob Headrick, not speaking for my employer HP
MS MVP Printing/Imaging

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Bob, I searched the site for alternative drivers for deskjet printers, but I
haven't found the corresponding page. Could you please instruct me?

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"Bob Headrick" <bobh@proaxis.com> wrote in message
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>
> <printerease@nowhere.com> wrote in message news:42674b19$1_1@127.0.0.1...
> > HP informed me that the driver for the 990c is the generic driver for
the
> > 6100 series. They mentioned
> > that it's the driver that get's installed for network printer. My
question
> > is: I've never heard of this
> > concept of a generic driver. Is there a list of these along maybe some
sort
> > of explanation somewhere?
> > For example, I hate the driver for my Office Jet T45, I would like to
use a
> > lighter weight driver
> > without all the software and print manager.
>
>
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/genericDocument?cc=u...
c=en
> has a list of generic drivers for various Officejet products including the
T45.
> Basically the generic driver is just a printer driver that has basic
> functionality, often the PCL drivers for the printer model the all-in-one
> device was based on.
>
> Regards,
> Bob Headrick, not speaking for my employer HP
> MS MVP Printing/Imaging
>
>

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"Yianni" <in@mailbox9.gr> wrote in message news:1114299666.30605@athnrd02...
> Bob, I searched the site for alternative drivers for deskjet printers, but I
> haven't found the corresponding page. Could you please instruct me?

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/genericDocument?lc=e...
has a list of alternative drivers for DeskJet printers. Most DeskJet's support
PCL and the DeskJet 550C driver will work.

Regards,
Bob Headrick, not speaking for my employer HP